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pails

  • plural
    of pail.
    pail
    noun
    bucket.

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Removing stagnant water, such as by emptying flowerpot plates, overturning unused pails and breaking up hardened soil, can help break the dengue transmission cycle.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

My invention is an improvement in dinner pails for workmen; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices that will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2024

She suggests using old pails, lanterns, dough bowls, vases and apothecary jars to display the items.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023

The main message of the event is sustainability, with workshops on gardening and composting, where attendees can walk away with free compost kitchen pails as well as fruit and shade trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

On the floor along the sides of the plank counters there were kegs of nails, and kegs of round, gray shot, and there were big wooden pails full of candy.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder